Machine for pinning tickets and the like to articles



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MACHINE FOR PINNINGTICKETSQAVND THE LIKE TO ARTICLES Donald D. Sloan, Weston, Mass, assignor to Dennison -Manufacturing Company, Framingham, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application April 22, 1955, Serial No. 503,166

15 Claims. (Cl. 1-118) manner that they cannot readily be withdrawn and reapplied without clearly indicating that the articles have ttes Patent been unpinned and then pinned together again. For eX- ample, in the case of price tickets it has been found that unscrupulous persons sometimes shift tickets from one article to another, in order to purchase more cheaply or The principal object of the present invention is to pin articles together in such manner that the pins cannot be withdrawn and reapplied without detection. Other objects are to prevent the points of the pins from catching on articles after the pins have been inserted and to provide a pinning machine which is simple and economical out turning the point itself, whereby the pin may be withdrawn without damaging the fabric but cannot be readily reinserted without evidencing its withdrawal and reinsertion. Preferably the crimping means includes parts acting on opposite sides of the pin near its point after it has passed through the ticket and fabric. 7

In another aspect the present invention involves a ticket having two plies and a pin or other pointed fastener extending through both plies and thence through one ply with its point bent edgewise of the ticket between the two plies. Preferably the point of the fastener is inserted through a preformed hole in one of the plies.

In another aspect the invention involves a machine for inserting a pointed fastener through a two-ply ticket and article and thence through one ply into the space between the two plies, together with means to crimp the point of the fastener edgewise of the ticket in the aforesaid space. Preferably the fastener is inserted first through the ticket and article from the ticket side, thence through the article and ticket from the article side and thence through a hole in the outer ply to a position between the two plies where it is crimped edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies. In the preferred embodiment the machine comprises, a framerhaving a recess, an anvil movable into the recess to clampthe ticket and fabric in arched position, and means for inserting the pin transversely of the arch through the ticket and fabric.

According to the present invention the machine involves a rotor having a bifurcated tip insertibie in a hole in the ticket astraddlethe point of the pin, together with means to turn the rotor to bend the point edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies. Preferably the rotor is mounted on a support which is movable transversely of the ticket to insert the tip as aforesaid. In the preferred embodiment both the support and the rotor are backed with springs which yield in case the support and rotor meet obstructions, thereby to prevent injury to the parts.

For the purpose of illustration a typical embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the machine with a part shown in section along the line 1-1 of Fig. 4 and parts omitted;

Fig. 2 is a front view with parts broken away and .parts in section;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a ticket after a pin has been inserted but before the point has been crirnped, showing the bifurcated tip of the rotor in section taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a similar view after the tip has been crimped; and

Fig. 9 is a diagram showing approximately the sequence of operation of the different parts of the machine.

The particular embodiment of the invention chosen for the purpose of illustration is in most respects like that shown in the aforesaid patent, and the portions of the machine which have not been changed substantially will first be described only generally, reference being had to the patent for the old details of construction.

The machine comprises a frame 1 having guides 2 on its upper surface for a ticket strip S. In the plan view of Fig. 1 the strip is fed to the left by means of feed fingers 3 and 4 mounted on arms 6 and 7 which are oscillated back and forth by cams inside the frame. The jfinger 3 engages notches in the edge of the ticket strip to advance the strip step by step through distances equal to the length of one ticket. After the foremost ticket has been cut off the strip by the cutter 8 the cut-off ticket is advanced to pinning position by means of the feed fingers 4. To hold the ticket in pinning position a springpressed ball 9 (Figs. 2 and 5) presses the margin of the ticket against a ledge 11. When the ticket is in this position it is under a recess 12 in the frame and over an anvil 13 which reciprocates in a guide 14 from the retracted position shown in Fig. 2 to the advanced position shown in Fig. 4. Before the anvil rises the fabric F is laid over the tip of the anvil and when the anvil rises it arches the ticket and the fabric against the recess 12 (Figs. 2 and 4).

The pins P, mounted in a paper strip 16, are fed downwardly through guides 17 to a position in line with the pin driver 18 which pushes the foremost pin out of the paper strip, thence through the ticket and fabric against the tip of the anvil which guides the pin back through the fabric and ticket, thence against a downwardly inclined surface 19 which deflects the point of the pin into a hole 21 in the ticket (Fig. 7). The anvil carries a spring-pressed plunger 22 which yieldingly presses the ticket and fabric against the frame near the point where the pin first enters, thereby to counteract the thrust of the pin, the plunger 22 having a groove in its tip to guide the pin to the ticket. The pin driver 18 is mounted in a slide 23 by means of a block 24 and a set screw 26, the slide 23 sliding back and forth in a guide 27 which is secured to the frame by means of screws 28 (Figs. 2 and 6). The slide 23 is actuated by a pin 29 extending into a slot 31 in the slide, the pin being mounted on a head 30 carried by an arm 32 fast to shaft 33 which carries another arm 34 carrying a cam follower 36 which is actuated by cam 37 (Figs. 2 and 3). A rod 38 is pivotally connected to the arm 34 at 39 and extends loosely through a lug 41 on the arm 33. Nuts 42 and 43 are threaded on the rod 38 and a compression spring 44 is disposed between the lug 41 and the nuts 43. Thus the nuts 42' are normally held against the lug 41 but if the pin driver meets an obstruction the spring yields to avoid damage to the parts. Also mounted on the shaft 33 is an arm 46 carrying a cam follower 47 actuated by cam 48. The anvil 13 is actuated by an arm 49 pivoted at 51. The arm 46 has a side lug 51 through which is threaded an adjusting screw 52 which bears on the upper surface of the arm 49. A spring 53 extending between the ends of arms 34 and 49 holds the arm 49 against the set screw 52.

According to the present invention the machine comprises a rotor 56 whose lower end is small enough to extend into the opening 21 in the ticket and which is bifurcated to straddle the pin (Figs. and 7). The rotor is journaled in a support 57 which slides up and down in a recess 58 in the removable cover 59 (Figs. 1 and 5). Fast to the rotor is a pinion 61 having a depending sleeve 62 journaled in a recess in the support 57. Mounted on the upper end of the support 57 by means of a screw 63 is a leaf spring 64 which yieldingly holds the rotor in the position shown in Fig. 5, the rotor having a reduced portion 66 which extends through an opening in the spring. After the pin has been inserted to the position shown in Figs. 4 and 7 the rotor support 57 descends to insert the lower end of the rotor 56 into the opening 21 of the ticket, after which the rotor is turned to bend the tip of the pin edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies to the position shown in Fig. 8. In the event the rotor is obstructed in its downward movement, by failing to enter the opening 21 or by failing to straddle the pin or otherwise, the spring 64 yields to prevent damarm 73 is a screw 74 having its head bearing against the arm 73 and its other end threaded into a stationary support 76 (Figs. 1 and 3). Extending between the arm 73 and the support 76 is a compression spring 75 which normally holds the slide in the retracted position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The slide 63 which carries the rack 67 is moved to the right (Fig. 3) against the action of the spring 75 by an adjusting screw 77 on arm 78 which is pivoted on shaft 79 and actuated by arm 81 carrying a cam roller 82 which is actuated by cam 83. The arm 81 has a stop 84 which bears on the frame 1 (Fig. 3) and the arm is normally held against this stop by a spring 86. Thus the rotor 56 is turned by rack 67 against the action of spring 75 when cam 83 engages the follower 82, the spring returning the rotor to normal position when the cam leaves the follower.

Mounted on the arm 78 by means of bolts 87 is the cutter 8 which cuts off a new ticket while the point of the pin is being bent in the previously cut ticket (Figs. 1 and 3). As in the aforesaid patent a printing chase 91 is mounted on a head 92 carried by arm 93 which is pivotally mounted on the aforesaid shaft 79. Fast to the arm 93 is another arm 94 carrying a cam follower 96 hearing on the aforesaid cam 83. Pivotally mounted on the frame at 97 is an arm 98 carrying an ink pad 99. The arm 98 is connected to the head 92 by a link 101 so that the pad is swung against the type each time the type head reaches retracted position.

The rotor support 57 is moved up and down by means of a slide 102 which has a slot 103 fitted over a pin 104 which projects rearwardly from the rotor support (Figs. 3, 4 and 5). The slide 102 is disposed immediately below the aforesaid slide 68 and is guided by the same straps 69. The slide 102 is yieldingly pressed to the right (Fig. 3)

through the ticket and fabric and thence through one ply by a spring 106 hearing at one end on a stationary arm through the stationary arm 107 and threaded into the bracket 108 is a screw 109 having a head 111. As shown in Figs. 1 and 6 the screw 109 extends through a slot in the head 30 which carries the pin 29. Thus when the arm 32 swings to the left (Fig. 3) the head 30 engages the screw head 111, thereby moving the slide 102 far enough to lift the rotor head 57 to retracted position. Thus the slot and pin 103104 lift the rotor support and the spring 106 yieldingly moves it downwardly to pin-bending position. An adjusting screw is mounted on the left end of the frame in the path of a pin 115 fast to slide 102 to limit the descent of the rotor support. The slide 102 has a slot 110 through which the pin 29 extends (Figs. 3 and 6).

After each pin has been pushed out of the pin strip 16 and the pin driver 18 has retracted the pin strip 16 is advanced by means of friction rollers 112 and 113, the roll 113 carrying ratchet teeth 114 which are engaged by a pawl 116 carried by the slide 102.

I claim:

1. For pinninga ticket to fabric, a machine having means for inserting a pin through the ticket and fabric and means engaging the pin from the side without touching the point thereof for crimping the pointed end of the pin without turning the point itself, whereby the pin may be withdrawn Without damaging the fabric but cannot be readily reinserted without evidencing its withdrawal and reinsertion.

2. For pinning a ticket to fabric, a machine having means for inserting a pin through the ticket and fabric and means engaging the pin from the side without touching the point thereof for crimping the pointed end of the pin without turning the point itself, said crimping means including parts acting on opposite sides of the pin near its point after it has passed through the ticket and fabric, whereby the pin may be withdrawn without damaging the fabric but cannot be readily reinserted without evidencing its withdrawal and reinsertion.

3. For pinning to fabric a ticket having two plies, a machine comprising means for inserting a pointed fastener into the space between the plies, and means to crimp the point of the fastener edgewise of the ticket in said space.

4. For attaching to fabric a ticket having two plies with a hole through the ply on one side, a machine comprising means for inserting a pointed fastener through the ticket and fabric and thence through said hole between the plies, and means to crimp the point of the fastener edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies.

5. For attaching to fabric a ticket having two plies with a hole through the ply on one side, a machine comprising a frame having a recess, an anvil movable into the recess to clamp the ticket and fabric in arched position, means for inserting a pointed fastener transversely of the arch through the ticket and fabric from said side, thence through the fabric and ticket from the other side and thence through said hole between the plies, and means to crimp the point of the fastener edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies.

6. For pinning to fabric a ticket having two plies with a hole through the ply on one side, a machine comprising a frame having a recess, an anvil movable into the recess to clamp the ticket and fabric in arched position, means for inserting a pin transversely of the arch through the ticket and fabric from said side, thence through the fabric and ticket from the other side and thence through said hole between the plies, and means to crimp the point of the pin edgewise of the ticket in the'space between the two plies.

7. For attaching to fabric a ticket having two plies with a hole through one ply, means for inserting a pointed fastener through the ticket and fabric with the point of the fastener extending through said hole and thence between the two plies, a rotor having a bifurcated tip insertable in said hole astraddle said point, and means to turn the rotor to bend said point edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies.

8. For pinning to fabric a ticket having two plies with a hole through one ply, means for pinning the ticket to the fabric with the point of the pin extending through said hole and thence between the two plies, a rotor having a bifurcated tip insertable in said hole astraddle said point, and means to turn the rotor to bend said point edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies.

9. For pinning to fabric a ticket having two plies with a hole through one ply, means for holding the ticket and fabric together, means for pinning the ticket to the fabric with the point of the pin extending through said hole and thence between the two plies, a rotor having a bifurcated tip insertable in said hole astraddle said point, a rotor support movable relatively to said holding means transversely of the ticket to insert said tip as aforesaid, and means to turn the rotor to bend said point edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies.

10. For pinning to fabric a ticket having two plies with a hole through the ply on one side, a machine comprising a frame having a recess, an anvil movable into the recess to clamp the ticket and fabric in arched position, means for inserting a pin transversely of the arch through the ticket and fabric from said side, thence through the fabric and ticket from the other side and thence through said hole between the plies, a rotor having a bifurcated tip insertable in said hole astraddle the pin, and means to turn the rotor to bend the point of the pin edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies.

11. For pinning to fabric a ticket having two plies with a hole through the ply on one side, a machine comprising a frame having a recess, an anvil movable into the recess to clamp the ticket and fabric in arched position, means for inserting a pin transversely of the arch through the ticket and fabric from said side, thence through the fabric and ticket from the other side and thence through said hole between the plies, a rotor having a bifurcated tip insertable in said hole astraddle the pin, a rotor support movable transversely of the ticket to insert said tip as aforesaid, and means to turn the rotor to bend the point of the pin edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies.

12. For attaching to fabric a ticket having two plies with a hole through one ply, means for inserting a pointed fastener through the ticket and fabric with the point of the fastener extending through said hole and thence between the two plies, a rotor having a bifurcated tip insertable in said hole astraddle said point, a spring for yieldingly pressing said tip into the hole, and means to turn the rotor to bend said point edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies.

13. For pinning to fabric a ticket having two plies with a hole through one ply, means for pinning the ticket to the fabric with the point of the pin extending through said hole and thence between the two plies, a rotor having a bifurcated tip insertable in said hole astraddle said point, a spring for yieldingly pressing said tip into the hole, and means to turn the rotor to bend said point edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies.

14. For pinning to fabric a ticket having two plies with a hole through one ply, means for holding the ticket and fabric together, means for pinning the ticket to the fabric with the point of the pin extending through said hole and thence between the two plies, a rotor having a bifurcated tip insertable in said hole astraddle said point, a rotor support movable relatively to said holding means transversely of the ticket to insert said tip as aforesaid, said rotor being axially movable relative to the support rearwardly from a normal position, a spring on the support for yieldingly holding the rotor in said position, and means to turn the rotor to bend said point edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies.

15. For pinning to fabric a ticket having two plies with a hole through the ply on one side, a machine comprising a frame having a recess, an anvil movable into the recess to clamp the ticket and fabric in arched position, means for inserting a pin transversely of the arch through the ticket and fabric from said side, thence through the fabric and ticket from the other side and thence through said hole between the plies, a rotor having a bifurcated tip insertable in said hole astraddle the pin, a rotor support movable transversely of the ticket to insert said tip as aforesaid, said rotor being axially movable relative to the support rearwardly from a normal position, a spring on the support for yieldingly holding the rotor in said position, and means to turn the rotor to bend the point of the pin edgewise of the ticket in the space between the two plies.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,586,217 Polzer May 25, 1926 1,667,810 Kohnle May 1, 1928 1,921,814 Flood Aug. 8, 1933 2,014,726 Flood Sept. 17, 1935 2,061,969 Keener Nov. 24, 1936 2,083,150 Flood June 8, 1937 FOREIGN PATENTS 243,210 Great Britain Nov. 26, 1925 

7. FOR ATTACHING TO FABRIC A TICKET HAVING TWO PLIES WITH A HOLE THROUGH ONE PLY, MEANS FOR INSERTING A POINTED FASTENER THROUGH THE TICKET AND FABRIC WITH THE POINT OF THE FASTENER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID HOLE AND THENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PLIES, A ROTOR HAVING A BIFURCATED TIP INSERTABLE IN SAID HOLE ASTRADDLE SAID POINT, AND MEANS TO TURN THE ROTOR TO BEND SAID POINT EDGEWISE OF THE TICKET IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO PLIES. 